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dc.contributor.authorHughes, M-
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-19T15:12:37Z-
dc.date.available2009-11-19T15:12:37Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationSmall Wars and Insurgencies. 20 (3) 528-550en
dc.identifier.issn0959-2318-
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3864-
dc.description.abstractThis article details two largely unreported atrocities by British forces operating against Arab rebels during the Arab revolt, 1936-39, at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul. It then examines the military-legal system that underpinned and authorized British military forces operating in aid of the civil power, suggesting that the law in place at the time allowed for a level of reprisals and punitive actions, such as happened at al-Bassa and Halhul. The article does not conclude that the law allowed for atrocities but it does argue that it gave a basic form and understanding to an operational method that was brutal and could lead to atrocities. It thus tests the idea in much of the literature on counter-insurgency that the British were restrained and used minimum force when compared to other colonial and neo-colonial powers fighting insurgents.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.subjectPalestineen
dc.subjectArab Revolten
dc.subjectal-Bassaen
dc.subjectHalhulen
dc.subjectCounter-insurgencyen
dc.subjectImperial Policingen
dc.subjectMilitary Lawen
dc.subjectAtrocitiesen
dc.subjectBritish Armyen
dc.subjectPalestine Policeen
dc.subjectBrutalityen
dc.subjectGuerrillasen
dc.subjectRebelsen
dc.subjectInsurgentsen
dc.subjectMinimum Forceen
dc.titleThe practice and theory of British counter-insurgency: The histories of the atrocities at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul, 1938-39en
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